Back In My Day

Older folks talkin' bout back in my day Younger folks sayin' they don't understand

Start talkin' bout God, nobody wanna hear it But everybody know one day we gotta see the man

Everything goin' good, we never think about him, But we know how to call him up when we in a jam

Every second of the day, I can't think without him I lose my mind if he ever leave me, whoa, lord

Truth is, I used to be ruthless I was never with the cool kids, I thought I was stupid

Cause they had me in another class Separated from the other kids

Lookin' back on everything my mother did, she did her best

Plenty times she didn't get a rest Life was like a Cinemax

Get the kids from school, back to Val Blue Clockin' out, pick em up, take em home, make the food

Never talk down on my momma, play it, don't be a fool

Walk in my shoes, see some things on the first block

Fourteen, gun to my head, that was the first cop

Right after millz through the first rock Few months later, I sold my first rock

I got a story now, give him the glory now He brought me out, let me go through it

And then he walked me out, had to sort me out Look at the times that we livin' in

Free as a bird, but in they mind They just prisoners, you listenin'

Older folks talkin' bout back in my day Younger folks sayin' they don't understand

Start talkin' bout God, nobody wanna hear it But everybody know one day we gotta see the man

Everything goin' good, we never think about him But we know how to call him up when we in the jam

Every second of the day, I can't think without him I lose my mind if he ever leave me, whoa, no

And if he left me, I know I'd be messy Stressin', probably catch a charge somewhere

Get arrested, stuck in jail, kids gettin' raised By the next man, mama growin' old

While my baby mama strugglin' No, that's not how I see it

Speakin' to existence, baby, gotta believe it Set a couple goals, don't stop till you achieve it

Goin' hard all year round, four seasons Lord Jesus, remember when I couldn't afford sneakers

Now they look and say that boy decent Pants with the creases, nephew, nieces

Daughters and a son, I'ma need all the blessings that come

I ain't nowhere near done It was fun when it was Duna with the rat tail

But I'm all grown up and I got kids now Followin' the Lord is what it is now

All this wisdom, I just spill it on my kids now

Older folks talkin' bout back in my day Younger folks sayin' they don't understand

Start talkin' bout God, nobody wanna hear it But everybody know one day we gotta see the man

Everything goin' good, we never think about him But we know how to call him up when we in a jam

Every second of the day, I can't think without him I lose my mind if he ever leave me, oh Lord